WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) today introduced legislation to ban the U.S. purchase of Russian oil. The legislation comes ahead of President Joe Biden's address to the nation and in response to Russia's unjustifiable war against the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Energy Committee Republican Leader Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ri  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Feb. 28, 2022, entitled "Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress" by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke: * * * Summary Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress. Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Feb. 28, 2022, entitled "Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 4) Rules for Ship Types Now Being Procured or Recently Procured For ship types now being procured for the Navy, or recently procured for the Navy, naming rules (and exceptions thereto) are summarized below. The July 2012 Navy report to Congress discusses current naming rules (and exc  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Feb. 28, 2022, entitled "Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 4) Aspects of Navy Ship Names Two State Names Not Currently Being Used, Particularly Kansas As noted earlier in the section on evolution over time in Navy ship-naming rules, state names were once given to battleships, then later to nuclear-powered cruisers and ballistic missile subm  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address. Earlier today, Senator Marshall introduced legislation to ban the U.S. purchase of Russian oil. The legislation was in response to Russia's unjustifiable war against the sovereign nation of Ukraine. "President Biden had the opportunity tonight to announce a ban on U.S. imports  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke on the Senate floor today about the Democrats' extreme, anti-life legislation and the importance of protecting the unborn. As an OBGYN who delivered more than 5,000 babies, Senator Marshall said in part, "At a time when Vladimir Putin is killing Ukrainians, my Democrat colleagues want to kill more unborn American children for any reason up until the moment the baby t  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - responded to President Biden's State of the Union address by calling on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough to act quickly to deliver disability benefits for veterans. President Biden announced nine new presumptions during the State of the Union address, which will give toxic-exposed veterans greate  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on March 1, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) tonight released the following statement following President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. "The state of our Union is sobering - we are up against the highest inflation in 40 years, record gas prices, surging violent crime, an historic number of migrants illegally crossing our southern border and alarming instability abroad. Kansas families are   more